A Long Break

I had to take a break from posting, because I kind of lost interest in writing about every single card that I made.  So today August 30, 2013, I am going to try to get back to writing about my cards. 

One of my favorite new sets is the Dressed Up set from Stampin Up.  I only have the Dressed Up framelits set in my collection because I thought that I would get more use out of them rather than the stamp set.  I wanted to use the dress framelit to make a wedding dress.  I had seen them done on Pinterest, so I thought that I would tackle one myself.  Once I had finished it, I wanted to keep it for myself, but I had made it for my friend, Charlotte.  

I met Charlotte in college, she was working on her masters, when I was a senior.  After I graduated with my Bachelors, I decided to follow in her footsteps and go to Graduate School.    Charlotte got married to an awesome guy named Casey on July 13th, 2013.  This is the card I made for their wedding.  

Charlotte and Casey's wedding colors were lavender and gold.  Instead of using a gold background on top of the card, I used a kraft pattern paper to resemble the gold color.  I added a purple embossed piece to matte the misted doily.  I used the framelits to make a dress shape.  I then added more paper onto the white dress to build a base for me to put the flowers on.  I used that red double-sided, really sticky tape.  I ran strips of it horizontally along the dress in rows.  I covered the tape with white roses that were actually a ribbon.  I cut them off the tulle and squished them together to make the bottom of the dress.  I love it.  I have a few more weddings coming up, and many more in the future; it might be time that I buy the set.  I have been borrowing the Love and Laughter set from a woman in a Stamp Club that I belong to.